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Nic Sheff
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Nic Sheff

Nic Sheff is a recovering drug addict and alcoholic. Still in his early twenties, he continues to fight daily battles with his addictions. His writing has been published in Newsweek, Nerve, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Tweak is his first book.

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Nigeria Punch, May 8, 2013
...May 8, 2013 by New York Times Service Leave a Comment David Sheff (left) and Nic Sheff | credits: The New York Times Addiction swallows lives whole, and not only with overdose, illness and concentric cycles of rehab and relapse. A less onerous but...
Oregonian, April 13, 2013
...an addiction treatment system is a disaster. It’s a horror." Sheff speaks from experience. His son Nic Sheff is a recovering addict who was the subject of "Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction," a No. 1 best-seller. Nic...
Cinema Blend, August 24, 2012
...that it will blend both Sheff's book with “Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines,” the memoir written by Nic Sheff, David's son. The film was originally set up over at Paramount, as the studio purchased the rights to the book back in 2008. Steven...
Daily Beast, June 29, 2012
...victim, and thus turns this ordinarily depressing tale into a tragic comedy. Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines By Nic Sheff Tweak is a modern memoir of adolescent and young-adult drug addiction. Sheff’s parents divorced when he was just 4 years...
Ventura County Star, June 2, 2012
...likely to replicate that behavior," Coyne said. Coyne said she was especially surprised by books such as Nic Sheff's "Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines," which contained around 500 swear words in its 336 pages, or Cecily von Ziegesar's "Gossip Girl"...
School Library Journal, May 30, 2012
...The Carlyles #1 (Poppy, 2008) serves up 175 instances of swearing. The YA book with the most profanity? Nic Sheff's Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamine (Athenaeum, 2008), a disturbing memoir about the author's personal struggle with drugs and alcohol....
Yahoo! News, May 18, 2012
...books for instances of profanity. The worst offender on the list was "Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines" by Nic Sheff (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009). That book, the memoir of a young man addicted to meth, had more than 500 instances of...
Nigeria Punch, May 8, 2013
...May 8, 2013 by New York Times Service Leave a Comment David Sheff (left) and Nic Sheff | credits: The New York Times Addiction swallows lives whole, and not only with overdose, illness and concentric cycles of rehab and relapse. A less onerous but...
Individual.com, April 14, 2013
...an addiction treatment system is a disaster. It's a horror." Sheff speaks from experience. His son Nic Sheff is a recovering addict who was the subject of "Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction," a No. 1 best-seller. Nic Sheff...
Oregonian, April 13, 2013
...an addiction treatment system is a disaster. It’s a horror." Sheff speaks from experience. His son Nic Sheff is a recovering addict who was the subject of "Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction," a No. 1 best-seller. Nic...
Individual.com, April 7, 2013
...in: Narcan, an opioid inhibitor Larry Golbom: www.prescriptionaddictionradio.com Reading Material Parched, By Heather King Tweak, By Nic Sheff Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction By David Sheff (Nic's father...
Cape Cod Online, April 7, 2013
...in: Narcan, an opioid inhibitor Larry Golbom: www.prescriptionaddictionradio.com Reading Material Parched, By Heather King Tweak, By Nic Sheff Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction By David Sheff (Nic's father...
Psychology Today, November 12, 2012
...can give you that. You have to know who you are - what others say is irrelevant.”― Nic Sheff Search for a mental health professional near you. “The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”― Mark Twain “Why should we worry...
AlterNet.org, November 11, 2012
...I’ve learned to face the pain in me. And I know that eventually it will get easier. Nic Sheff is a columnist for The Fix and the author of two memoirs about his struggles with addiction, the New York Times-bestselling  Tweak , and  We All Fall...